Loose-leaf binder.



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

GAIIs c. MOORE, o'E ROCHESTER, 'NEW YORK, AssIeNoR aio-.TOEN c. MOORE CORPORA- TION, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A ACORPORATION or NEW'XORK.

LOOSE-LEAF IBINIER.

.Specication of Letters Patent.: Patented D'ec, 2051910.

'Appneatipn ined November a9, 1909'. semaine. 530,308.

To allv whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gains .C. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident oi' Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, `have-invented a new and Improved Loose-Leaf Binder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, while applicable to many forms of loose leaf binders, is mo're especially designed for that class of loose lealc binders `in which cover leaves are flexiblyl connected each to a diti'erent connecting piece and both such connecting' pieces fienibly united to a commonback pieceand -in whiclralso one of the connecting piecescarries impaling posts for receiving the leaves.,` while the other connecting piece carries meansfor releasably eiigaging the free ends of the impaling posts carri-ed by the other connecting piece and extend-ing upwardly through the leaves in the binder, the object being to provide a construction permitting the ready removal of any desired lnumber of the leaves from the binder and holding thein in alinement while thus removed in order to insert in or'reniove from the binder any desired leaf located at any pointtherein and that by means of mechanism in no way engaged by the regular impaling` posts carried by the lower connecting-piece for. holding the posts carried by the removable plate in alinenient independently also of the leaves in the binder.

In carrying out my invention I. prefer to make the impaling posts carried by the removable plate tubular and they maybe of any desired length extending downwardly through openings therefor in the leaves to the lowest pointwhere it is desired to remove any leaf from the binder.; such tubular posts are arranged to engage over and be firmly held in proper alinement by rods engaging therein and carried by the lower connecting piece; such rods may extend upwardly any desired distance and the tubular posts may be of any desired length permit-ted by thelocking mechanisml for holding the cover parts of the binder in place, whereby such posts are held in alinement independently of the other impaling posts and also independently of the holes in the leaves, thus removing the strain from the `leaves when the binder is being handled. i'

The accompanying drawings illustrating my invention are as/followsgu Figure l shows, in elevation, the impaling post carrying plates of such binder and in dotted line the removable plate as partially removed, while F ig. 2 shows a sectional view through the center oflone 'of the tubular impaling posts. Fig.l 3 is a view of the completed binder from the front edge partially opened and with the locking mechanism disengaged. Fig. 4 shows the binder in end view; with the parts'shown in ,dotted line in the position indicated in Fig; 3. V Figs. 5 and A6 show the plates after the removal of the removable plate with part of the leaves removed therewith, the leaves being shown Ain vertical sectional views taken. on the line .cv-: y of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a plan View ot .parto the leaves having openings adapted to use in the binder.

Similar letters refer to4 similar parts throughout the several igures of the drawinfrs. A

lBeferring to the drawings,-V is the bottom plate carrying the impaling posts o and bound into the connecting piece V1 in the usual way.

' A is the lower cover plate; `VS1 is the conf necting piece flexibly connected thereto and also to the back piece B.

D is the upperconnecting piece flexibly connected to the cover C and to the back piece B. The connecting piece D carries spring actuated locking mechanism d forengaging the notches n in the upper ends of the impaling posts o which'are lnserted 1n theholes e therefor in the assembled connecting piece D. The plate V also carries rods ol'adapted to engage within the-tubular posts t carried by the removable plate T.

L 'are the leaves inthe binder. f I In using a'binder made in accordance withv my present invention the parts are normally `locked in the position seen in Fig. 4, and

when it is desired to remove any particular leaf from the binder, the locking mechanism (Z is actuated to disengage the connecting piece D and the back B, connecting piece Dend cover C are turned back as seen in dotted lines at B1, D1 and C1 respectively, then the plate T may be removed with any desired number of the leaves L impaled on and held in alinement` on the tubular posts t Il n Y carried thereby. ATheplate T and posts 1- are shown in dotted lines in F ig. l at T1 and 1 1 as partly removed7 the leaves are separater@ either just above or below., the leaf to be inserted or removed, and all the leaves above the point of separation are removed together with the plate Tand the posts carried thereby, Theymav be laid down thereafter, as indicated' in Fuig. 6, and the uppermost 'leaf on eithen. section removed as desired, or leaves may be inserted, andthe parts thereafter reassembled.

It is believed, from the foregoing descrip-- tion, that the construction, method and use of my binder is sufficiently clear to call for no further explanation herein.

What I claim is: y

l. ln a loose leaf binder, incombination with the coverhaving a base member and impaling posts carried thereby and means for releasably engaging the free ends of the posts for holding' the binder closeda removable plate carrying two tubular postsV and means independent of the leaves in the binder or such first named impaling posts for holding such plate and tubular posts carried thereby properly alined comprising rods engaging within such tubular' posts, such rods extending upwardly from the base member carrying such iirst named impaling posts and parallel therewith, such cover adapted, when the binder is opened, and such rods and such tubular posts engaging thereovenspaced apart, to ypermit the engagement between such rods and between messe such tubular posts of the leaves attheir back edges by the hand or lingers of the operator in removing a portion of the leaves from the binder together with suchplate and tubular posts carried thereby.

2. In a loose leaf binder, in combination with the cover havinga base member and impaling posts carried thereby and means for releasably engaging the freev ends of the postsl for holding lthe binder closed, a removable plate carrying two tubular posts and means independent of the leaves in the binder or such first named impalingposts for holding such plate and tubular posts earried thereby properly alined comprising rods engaging within such tubular posts,

such rods extending upwardly from the base member carrying such irst named impaling posts and: parallel therewith, such cover adapted, when the binder is opened, and such rods and such tubular posts engaging there- 'over spaced apart, to permit the engagement between such rods and between such tubularposts of the leaves at their back edges by the hand or fingers of the operator in removing a portion of the leaves from the binder together with such plate and tubular posts carried thereby and leaves having openings therein adapted to receive such im. 

